1. SockPuppetSyko

   8

   I had a small idea of what this game was going to be like before finding it (which took multiple days and I have lost count of how many stores). Its a hack and slash style game, with the usual upgrade system in place to earn new moves or make the ones that you already have more powerful. There is a decent story behind all of the game play, much of which is based around the facts of the actual knights templar (though liberties are obviously taken). CONTROLS: The controls in the game few very responsive, since combat in this game is more timing based then smashing the attack button, that is a good thing. The camara will do most of the work itself, though you will need to control it during battles since they tend to be against groups of enemies. GRAPHICS: The areas you go through are richly detailed, with nice lighting effects and seem to have a good variety to them. They are clustered with a lot of things to stare at when you are running around them, which does help hide the middle of the line quality. Characters stand out somewhat, they are detailed well, with flowing clothing and nice texturing. However characters skin looks fake, almost plastic, something that is hard not to notice during the cutscenes when you are doing nothing but looking at them. GAMEPLAY: You always have two characters with you, controlling which one you prefer. Each one has a different set of moves and has enough variety that you will see the differences depending on whom you control. The one you are not using is controlled through AI and does a good job of being helpful but not doing all the work for you. They use the moves they have learned when the time is there, defend themselves pretty well. Over all with the lower price tag it is a great game for anyone that is looking to swing a sword with a reason behind it. Though be warned, this game is about the templars, so there is a heavy amount of religion in the plot.… Expand

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2. dylan365v

   6

   You don’t need to be an expert to figure out that The First Templar is a pretty low budget game. But by no means should that throw you off, in fact the first templar is probably the most fun I have had with game in a while. It is blatantly obvious that the game is trying to grab the attention of the fans of the Assassin’s Creed series but it does it with a lower budget then that of an actual Assassins game. Those who paid any bit of attention to the story in Assassins Creed you will have heard of the knights templar, and that is what this game is about. The game starts off as you playing as a templar knight. I say templar knight because I can’t remember his name, actually I am struggling to think of one instance where we were actually told his name. Anyway, you set off on a journey with another templar to find the infamous, Holy Grail. However pretty early on in the game the story spreads off into many different sub-plots and I just got extremely confused. The only reason I can remember the fact that the game was about finding the Holy Grail is because I am just after putting down the remote five minutes ago, otherwise I would have struggled. And where I say early on the story spread off into different sub-plots I mean in literally the first 10 - 20 minutes. The story is spread across many landscapes whilst you are on your quest including towns under siege, sandy terrains in the desert, bogs, woods and of course plenty of castles. Plenty of terrain means plenty of space to move around and explore and finding hidden chests becomes one of your pastimes while hacking enemies down with your sword and shield. Combat in the game is sadly the best part. Don’t get me wrong, the combat is decent but pretty limited. Even after filling up all upgrades along the way you still get much the same as what you started off with just more life bars. I am not going to lie, I wasn’t expecting a lot from this game. And to a certain extent I was right to, but I did find the game fun. It’s a hard one to explain, the game overall was nothing special but quite weirdly getting totally confused with the story was kind of nice. Simply because I didn’t care. All I was interested in was taking out my sword and slicing and dicing my enemies. Although some levels in the game let me extremely disappointed when all it wanted me to do was run through a burning forest and never take out my sword and get to kill anybody once. Not the best game in the world, but definitely one of the best games I have played recently. And for this price, that is a steal. I give it a 6.5/10. Click here to buy The First Templar!… Expand

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3. naughtyjames

   2

   Oddly, I was sent a rental copy of the game before it was officially released in the shops, and with no reviews in any magazines / online.. and the second you load the game you can see why no review copies were sent out to magazines... awful is the only word I can really use to describe the game, it has no flow, it's clunky, the graphics are awful, you only need to bash one button through out the game, the sound is terrible, sounds like it's mono. Terrible.… Expand

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